Hearing focuses on avoiding new propane shortages

7:44 PM,
May 1, 2014

Written by

Deborah Barfield Berry
{CCIMULTILINE}Gannett Washington Bureau

The federal government must do more to avoid another propane shortage like the one last winter that devastated farmers and homeowners in some regions, Democratic and Republican senators said Thursday.

At a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin complained that the Energy Department and other administration officials "did not have the plans or tools in place to respond to this crisis or anticipate it.''

"The lack of a sufficient Emergency Response Plan from the Department of Energy was a serious problem, and will not prevent any ...